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HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - Joey Logano is on quite a roll, following up his victory in the Daytona 500 by taking the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. NASCAR is on the defensive after 13 drivers - including four former champions - didn't even get on the track for qualifying Friday after failing to pass inspection. Four-time Cup winner Jeff Gordon, who is retiring at the end of the season, called the situation "absolutely embarrassing." Logano, a Middletown native, led the final session of qualifying with a blistering speed of 194.683 mph, taking advantage of temperatures in the 40s as the sun set on the 1.54-mile trioval. He has never been...

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HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - Joey Logano is on quite a roll, following up his victory in the Daytona 500 by taking the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
NASCAR is on the defensive after 13 drivers - including four former...

HAMPTON, Ga. — Joey Logano is on quite a roll, following up his victory in the Daytona 500 by taking the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.NASCAR is on the defensive after 13 drivers — including four former champions —...

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KANNAPOLIS, N.C., — NASCAR star Tony Stewart said on Monday he was willing to "be available" to Kevin Ward's family even though he has no need to speak them to achieve "closure" in the dirt-track incident that killed the 20-year-old...

A grand jury in upstate New York declined to charge Tony Stewart on Wednesday for his role in the on-track death of sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr.
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Tony Stewart faces no imminent charges in the racetrack death of Kevin Ward Jr., but the father of the driver killed at Canandaigua Motorsports Park questions Stewart's innocence.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. wanted Kevin Ward's family members to know they're not alone. The NASCAR star sent flowers to Ward's family as it prepared to say goodbye to the 20-year-old racer who died after being struck by Tony Stewart's car during a race on...

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Condolences to the family of Kevin Ward Jr., who was killed late Saturday night when he was hit by NASCAR driver Tony Stewart's car on a dirt track at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in upstate New York. In a gruesome scene captured on a...

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — The sheriff investigating the death of a race car driver in New York state said on Monday that while no criminal charges are pending against NASCAR star Tony Stewart "all options" are open and that authorities are seeking any...